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ReviewInflammatory bowel diseases2022

The Neglected Gut Microbiome: Fungi, Protozoa, and Bacteriophages in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Gina L Guzzo, Jane M Andrews, Laura S Weyrich

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Review in Inflammatory bowel diseases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  11. The Microbiome in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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  15. Diabetes and gut microbiome.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Gina L GuzzoSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5988-7887
Jane M AndrewsInflammatory Bowel Disease Service, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Royal Adelaide Hospital and School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Laura S WeyrichSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Pennsylvania State University · USRoyal Adelaide Hospital · AUThe University of Adelaide · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiome has been implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Studies suggest that the IBD gut microbiome is less diverse than that of the unaffected population, a phenomenon often referred to as dysbiosis. However, these studies have heavily focused on bacteria, while other intestinal microorganisms-fungi, protozoa, and bacteriophages-have been neglected. Of the nonbacterial microbes that have been studied in relation to IBD, most are thought to be pathogens, although there is evidence that some of these species may instead be harmless commensals. In this review, we discuss the nonbacterial gut microbiome of IBD, highlighting the current biases, limitations, and outstanding questions that can be addressed with high-throughput DNA sequencing methods. Further, we highlight the importance of studying nonbacterial microorganisms alongside bacteria for a comprehensive view of the whole IBD biome and to provide a more precise definition of dysbiosis in patients. With the rise in popularity of microbiome-altering therapies for the treatment of IBD, such as fecal microbiota transplantation, it is important that we address these knowledge gaps to ensure safe and effective treatment of patients.

Indexed as

BacteriophagesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeInflammatory Bowel DiseasesBacteriaDysbiosisFungiHumansbacteriophagefungiinflammatory bowel disease (IBD)microbiomeprotozoa

Identifiers

PMID35092426
PMCPMC9247841
OpenAlexW4210294239

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